That's it. Which version do you enjoy the most? The 1985 original, or the remastered one.

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The Century Media remaster is actually pretty decent. It's higher in volume but not exactly "louder," if that makes sense, compared to the original. If you're asking if it's brickwalled or super-compressed, someone else could probably let you in on that as I'm not that intelligent on those matters yet. The same also holds true for the CM remastered reissues of Pleasures of the Flesh and Fabulous Disaster. Nothing's been rerecorded or sampled so you do get the original tones. That was one of my favorite things about FD in that the rhythm guitar tones seemed to slightly vary from song to song. Not sure if that was intentional, but I appreciate it nonetheless.

I do have the original issues of the first 3 albums for collector's sake but I think this is an example where the remaster was done right. I have seen mp3s and lossless versions of the reissues floating around the web, so it is possible to compare and contrast if you feel it necessary.

I have the 1999 Century Media version, with the faithfully restored artwork and two live bonus tracks. It doesn't mention anywhere being remastered. Is my version a good version, and is it the original or a remaster?

The original 1985 combat/torrid cd pressing with the blue cover with the 2 kids on it sounds different then the 1989 reissue with the red and black cover. I prefer the original combat/torrid pressing from 1985 with the blue cover, because it sounds like the recording is coming apart at the seams at times, like the equipment was hardly meant for recording metal and its pushing its limits, like on some of the songs when a certain note is hit it sounds like the recording is about to be ripped apart since it can't handle the heaviness. It would probably sound faulty to most people but it gives it a certain charm to me. I have the century media remaster I don't remember it sounding different then the 1989 red cover version.

i noticed in the older one loads of crackly bits especially on the vocals on the right channel, i even tried the cd in the pc [which exploded] and another stereo and got the same crackle.check out the last minute or less of the first song on bonded by blood, what do you guys reckon?

Like a lot of people I have the 99 reissue with the black and red cover. I haven't heard the official remaster but I don't believe I need to. The original sounds perfect, and there's also Another Lesson in Violence and Let There Be Blood as well, both of which are great, particularly the former.

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My bad lol didn't notice that. Actually I didn't even know they had a reissue of it. I usually dislike remasters. In this case, can't really judge because I don't even know what version I have. It's Thrashy as hell, regardless. I've heard LTBB though, it sounded very strange with the new vocals. Let there be a reissue of Let there be blood with Zetro on vocals.

Why would someone prefer a remastered edition than the original? I honestly don't get it, maybe I don't want to.. You know, I will always prefer the original versions, it is more close to the band (every band) when they were young and hungry for some pure aggressive music! With the remastered versions and all these stuff this pure feeling is getting lost.

As much as I love Zetro, that rerecording would only be fixed if the riffs didn't sound so slow and downtuned. For some reason, songs like "And Then There Were None" just don't work out of their conventional tuning.

can someone explain me the main differences between the versions of this albumright now i'm having the silver edition one released 08 by century, is there a difference to the other century remaster releases?and how does it compare to the back in black one and the old original 89? and 85

I have the silver edition too. It has the original cover artwork and a folded poster as booklet. It also has a nice blue slipcase with silver logo on it. The production/sound gives no reason to complain. The archives say it's the remastered version while implying the 1999 release isn't. Did cost me 10 €.

@Heavy_Liquid The original version of Bonded By Blood has Paul Baloff on vocals as well as the original (ie 80s) production. The '08 version is a re-recording of all the songs on Bonded By Blood but it has Rob Dukes on vocals because Paul Baloff died in 2001 or 2002.

@Heavy_Liquid The original version of Bonded By Blood has Paul Baloff on vocals as well as the original (ie 80s) production. The '08 version is a re-recording of all the songs on Bonded By Blood but it has Rob Dukes on vocals because Paul Baloff died in 2001 or 2002.

but i listen to the manic and a bit hoarse voice, i read this must be paulalso i think the 99 century is remastered too, if u look over @ discog

edityes, u mean let there be blood, thats with the other vocalistlimited 08 is paul, weird that on discog the centruy 99 release is remastered infoso basically we have:

well off course i cant compare to the original CD or vinyl release, but i cant hear a compression or soulless work on the 08 silver century remaster, neither on my 2.1 microlab speakers system nor my cowon player + ultrasone headphones

back cover = what about it? you want a picture of it [scan]there are liner notes, credits, a few words from the band explaining why they did it etc and the gear they usedyes there is a band photo under the disc and the same one in the bookletthe first image isn't present, the second image won't load [discogs images don't like being directly linked]